calls with mexico and australia were detailed. how does that happen? not the only time. atlantic seems like a lifetime ago. leaked transcripts go how foreign leaders manipulate trump. where did that story go? "the washington post" may 23rd, 2017. trump calls kim jong un a mad man with nuclear weapons according to transcripts of duterte call. leader of the philippines. steve: this year in the "the washington post" trump has concealed details of his face-to-face encounters with putin from senior officials in administration. how does this stuff leak out? well, it does for whatever reason. matthew whitaker, who was the former acting attorney general has this observation about the deep state this is a clear example of someone that is part of the deep state, somebody who is part of the deep state in the intelligence community taking advantage of this whistle blower procedure and
you make of this? >> thank you. i think this is a clear example of someone that's part of the deep state, may be part of the deep state in the intelligence community, taking advantage of this whistle-blower procedure, which is clearly, as torres reported, outside of the intention of this, and then trying to create this firestorm and i think it is completely overblown as it was suggested. >> martha: how do you know though? we don't know what is? what we do know is the whistle-blower brought it to the ig and the ig also felt that it was worth writing up and sending out a report on, so the ig didn't look at him and say this is ridiculous, we're not going to do this. that's two people. >> i also know that the general counsel from dni and the acting dni director looked at this and saw it exactly what it was for. congress overreacts and adam schiff is going to find any camera to get in front of them complain about but the bottom line is the president has broad discretion in the areas to negotiate with world leaders and